If you are going to talk about legendary entertainment industry lawyer Londell McMillan, you have to think big business, money, power and respect.

He best describes his success with a famous quote from rap group and client The Lox.

“It’s about Money, Power and Respect, and it’s not a game.”

McMillan grew up in Tompkins Projects directly across from Marcy Projects (home of rap star Jay Z ). His late mother was a beautician from Milledgeville, Ga., and his father is from a little town called Rosehill, N.C.

He received his undergraduate degree at Cornell University. Even then, he was representing major sports athletes in the game. After graduating from NYU’s law school, he began establishing relationships with major entertainers by networking and delivering results for corporate institutions.

“I was an entertainment law prodigy early in the game. I was representing superstars before I was 30 years old,” McMillan said.

He’s the genius behind giving some of the world’s top entertainers their respect with major record labels. He helped legendary recording artist Prince exit from his Warner Brothers. contract, Dru Hill against Polygram records and Lauryn Hill versus Sony Music.

McMillan clients include Lil Kim, Scarface, Spike Lee, The Source magazine and The New York Times.

His current case involves the late Christopher Wallace a.k.a Notorious BIG against the Los Angeles police department. His firm is also seeking to bring on more entertainment, intellectual property and civil rights lawsuits.

Just in case, you are just as lost as I am about the term, “intellectual property,” McMillan took the time out to explain.

“An intellectual property has different classifications such as copyrights, trademarks and patents,” McMillan said. “An intellectual property is something that’s created from your mind and your soul. It’s a piece of property and asset that you own that starts with your mind as opposed to a car, a house or jewelry that you physically own.”

He’s also very involved in The Artist Empowerment Coalition.

“The first priority of The Artist Empowerment Coalition is to use music, art and culture to improve the quality of life for our young people,” McMillan said. “The second part, improves the business conditions upon which artists, musicians and performers do business with these music and entertainment companies.”

His advice to anyone trying to become an entertainment lawyer is to excel in math because you are going to have to know how to count money.

He also states that it is very vital for someone to follow their own dreams, especially if they want to enter his field.

“It’s important for me to tell people to dream and be motivated in what they want to achieve in life,” McMillan said. “The stars that they see on television reflect nothing other than the stars that they can be on their own walk of life.”

“It’s important to be knowledgeable about artists and entertainers, but not a fan,” McMillan said. “Most of them do not want a cult-like fan as their lawyer in the business environment. They do want someone with a calming disposition and an ability to negotiate the best deal.”

If you want to know how McMillan tells his clients how to cut the check, it’s simple.

“If I’m litigating, I’m charging $350-400 an hour,” McMillan said. “If I’m negotiating, I’m charging a bigger percentage of the deal because I make deals happen.”

“Don’t just call me an entertainment attorney anymore,” McMillan said. “I’m a media and entertainment attorney and I do big business.”